If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Welcome to VELOCIPEDE SALON.
VSalon currently allows unregistered guests to view the forum. If you want to participate - and we hope you do - please sign up and wait for one of our good looking moderators to approve. You do not need an invite! Please be aware when you request membership we ask for a real name with contact info. Screen names and cryptic email addresses are okay, but no one is accepted in the community without real life/real world credentials.
A moderator will contact you, just say hi and and how you found us. We'll wait to hear back from you.
Please note: This is a work place friendly forum and only ask you honor this and help keep the discussions lively.
Dear friends, you are here because you found this or someone told you about this place. This really is a salon. It says so right here, go ahead and look!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(gathering). This Salon is where bicycle artisans, industry types, racers, cyclists, bicyclists and their friends exchange in a comfortable setting. We bring some history but none of the bags with us from our former fav. places to hangout. Nuff said. There are ground rules for everyone to follow, most are explained in the agreement (below). This Salon is ment to remain work place friendly. Don't ask us what the color of the kit is. This will cause immdeiate removal from the Salon!!! Sorry, we voted and that's the way it is.
This Salon is operated by volunteers who donate lots of hard work, insight and generosity. Feed the moderators beers and give lots of karma, they are "easy"...I made sure of that. :)
Warm Regards, Too Tall and our handsome staff of volunteers

Re: Anvil Bikes

You could strap "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to a torpedo and shoot it deep into a North Korean military base. You could have the ghost of Art Linkletter swap verses with Don Ho, backed by an orchestra composed entirely of accordions. You could have Britney fucking Spears do an album's worth of covers produced by various drug-addled Hollywood DJs. Every version would crush. It wouldl emerge stronger and even more awesome. Nothing can harm that song.

Re: Anvil Bikes

Originally Posted by davids

You could strap "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to a torpedo and shoot it deep into a North Korean military base. You could have the ghost of Art Linkletter swap verses with Don Ho, backed by an orchestra composed entirely of accordions. You could have Britney fucking Spears do an album's worth of covers produced by various drug-addled Hollywood DJs. Every version would crush. It wouldl emerge stronger and even more awesome. Nothing can harm that song.

The smartest man on the internet, the great Seldini, has spoken and he speaks the truth!

"It's better to not know so much than to know so many things that ain't so." -- Josh Billings, 1885

A man with any character at all must have enemies and places he is not welcome—in the end we are not only defined by our friends, but also those aligned against us.

Re: Anvil Bikes

Ugh, rust repair. Don't remind me, I have a '56 Type 1 sedan that needs to go into the body shop this month. It's cancer free (CA/Arizona car) but is not at all pretty. Every body panel has dents except the roof.

Re: Anvil Bikes

Originally Posted by zetroc

Ugh, rust repair. Don't remind me, I have a '56 Type 1 sedan that needs to go into the body shop this month. It's cancer free (CA/Arizona car) but is not at all pretty. Every body panel has dents except the roof.

How bad is the Single?

Pretty bad, it'll cost about one new bike to get the body work/rust repair done on it and then probably another new bike to get it drivable.

"It's better to not know so much than to know so many things that ain't so." -- Josh Billings, 1885

A man with any character at all must have enemies and places he is not welcome—in the end we are not only defined by our friends, but also those aligned against us.

Re: Anvil Bikes

fucking awesome video don. next year i'm buying a razor and a suit too. you and elroy are at the start of a very important trend. you've challenged my pre-conceived notions of what it means to be a VIP at nahbs.

Re: Anvil Bikes

Originally Posted by jerk

fucking awesome video don. next year i'm buying a razor and a suit too. you and elroy are at the start of a very important trend. you've challenged my pre-conceived notions of what it means to be a VIP at nahbs.

Custom framebuilding's flirtation with ironic hair, clothing, and throat beards has come to an end. Come NAHBS '12, pre-conceived notions will show up wearing a tie.

"It's better to not know so much than to know so many things that ain't so." -- Josh Billings, 1885

A man with any character at all must have enemies and places he is not welcome—in the end we are not only defined by our friends, but also those aligned against us.

Re: Anvil Bikes

I posted this in the classifieds, but here is good too. Probably should have put it here first...
************

Anvil Bikeworks has a part-time, paid, apprentice/intern position available with a possibility to go full time. You may or may not learn how to build frames because that's not really what we do. What we do is make the best framebuilding tools known to man and the bicycle industry.

We like to ride, talk bikes, and in general we like bike people. Ironic glasses, hair, throat beards, tattoos, or piercings are not required for this job. Being able to work hard, learn, add value, communicate socially, and present our company in a positive light is. You must also test positive for having a sense of humor. You will have an opportunity to learn machine shop processes, in fact, success in this position requires it. If you bring some of those skills to the table with you, so much the better. You do not have to be a machinist for this job, but knowing your way around machine shop machinery, CNC or manual, is a ~huge~ plus.

It's not all rainbows and unicorns. You will also be required to sweep, clean, build crates, pack & ship, clean the bathroom, and a myriad of other tasks that go along with working in a small business. You will go home each day so dirty your mom won't recognize you. Don't worry, we do too. If you're one of those folks who thinks that everything your supervisor asks you to do is open for debate or negotiation, please don't apply.

What we're really looking for is a perfectionist who knows when to quit; a hotshot bike mechanic type who wants to expand his universe into the machine shop side of things. You won't work as a mechanic, but we find that talent works really well when it comes to doing what we do. If you're a machinist, we'll certainly consider you, but we find it's very important that you be a "bike" person first & foremost. We can teach you machining, we can't teach you love for the bike culture & community.

We need someone around 30 hours a week. Pay is $12/hr to start based on your abilities. A raise is possible after a 30-day trial period. There is the potential for full-time and up to $25+/hr if you turn out to be a real hotshot and are a dreamy fit with Elroy (your supervisor) & I. We are located south of Chatfield Reservoir off of Titan Road. Do not just show up at the gate. Call or email first so we can arrange a time to meet should we want to.

To help you self-determine if you're qualified for this job, we've devised a little test. Using Google shows initiative but we'd rather you be able to finish the test without it. We don't expect you to get all the answers right, it's really just a way for you to self-evaluate and for us to see if you're a lying cheater. Send us your results with an introductory letter. Impress us. Trust that we will ask you more questions along these lines in person. Story problems and trick questions included.

1. The lid for a box is 30” X 36”. The side boards are made of standard 1” pine dimensional lumber. What lengths should the side boards be?